New Delhi, July 11 -- All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court's decision asking the Election Commission (EC) to consider Aadhar, EPIC and Ration cards as Identification proof amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Bihar ahead of the upcoming assembly elections, and hoped for the 1995 precedent on Babu Lal Hussein case to be followed in "letter and spirit."

"Bihar Election 'Intensive Revision': The Supreme Court ordered that, in addition to 11 documents listed by the Election Commission of India, three more should be considered: Aadhaar, EPIC & Ration Cards. This is a welcome order, and we hope that the precedent set in the 1995 judgement of the Babu...